Sun Rise / Rising Sun School

Sun Rise School (also known as Rising Sun School) was a one-room schoolhouse for African-American students located in the Snow Creek district of Franklin County. The school was built on a stone foundation, and it was heated with a stove. The building did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms. Emma Wade and J. A. Hubbard were teachers at the school. Note that the Virginia Department of Education referred to the school as “Rising Sun” in the mid-1930s, and that the Virginia State Planning Board referred to it as “Sun Rise” around the same time.

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